Call In Sick Tuesday And Watch The Whole Season of '24' Again

The addictive 24 wraps up its seventh season tonight, and before you’re flat-panel has cooled off, Fox is putting the DVD and Blu-ray discs on sale.

It’s the first time a network has pulled the trigger so quickly on a DVD release. Normally, they wait months to roll them out to keep reruns churning.

While this may not make an immediate release standard for the industry, on a week when the TV business will be reminded just how many people aren’t watching what they air, it’s a nice way to leverage the shows they can’t turn away from.

Serialized shows with cliffhangers and complex plot lines lend themselves to binge viewing. Devoted fans of “24” know this well: they watch the episodes in marathon sessions when the DVDs go on sale. To date, Fox has sold more than 7.5 million copies of “24” seasons on DVD.